Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| TIRES | |||
| 09/06/2010 | 78347 | ||
| Tl-the contact owns a 2005 chevrolet silverado 3500 with michelin uniroyal tires size lt265/75/r16. all four replacement tires were purchased in 2008. while driving approximately 60-61 mph all the tread on the right rear tire pealed off, on september 6, 2010. he stated when the tread came off there was body damage to the vehicle and he was reimbursed for the damages. he replaced the tire. on september 10, 2010 whiling driving 60 mph the left rear tire tread pealed off on, the vehicle mileage was 79,094. he also stated there was body damage to the left rear quarter panel. he purchase a new tire. he contact the manufacture and they advised him to turned the failure over to his insurance company. the vehicle was being repaired for the damages for both failures at the time of the report. the failure mileage was 78,347 and the approximate current mileage was 80,000. vwb | |||
| 08/26/2005 | 1613 | 200 | 07/29/2005 |
| Tl*the contact owns a 2005 chevrolet silverado 3500. while driving 5 mph, the power steering fails. the failure becomes more severe after the vehicle has been running for some time or during warm weather. the vehicle was taken to the dealer over ten times and they replaced the power steering pump and steering gear box. the contact was finally informed that the tires had insufficient air. the failures have not been corrected. the engine also overheats when driving uphill, pulling a trailer, and during warm weather. the dealer replaced the cooling fan and the intake system. the contact stated that there was a tsb (1980030) regarding the engine overheating. the current mileage was 21,500 and failure mileage was 1,613. updated 3/4/08 *cn updated 03/04/08 *tr | |||
| 07/12/2006 | 1 | 03/31/2005 | |
| Dt*: the contact stated that the tread on all six tires was falling apart. there was visible chipping, cracking and holes. a service dealer was consulted, who offered to replace the worst one. | |||